Jalálu'd-Din-Rúmi

"Jalálu'd-Din-Rúmi" is from Wisdom of the East: The Persian Mystics, compiled by F. Hadland Davis from translations by William Hastie, E.H.Whinfield, and R.A. Nicholson. Better known in the English-speaking world simply as Rúmi, Jalálu'd-Din Muḥammad Balkhi (1207-1273) was a Persian scholar, theologian, and poet. After Omar Khayyam he is probably the most celebrated classical Persian poet and his luminously spiritual verse has been the subject of many notable English translations. In his introductory article on the life of Rúmi, F. Hadland Davis has written: "Rumi was an indomitable optimist. In his sayings, and still more in his poetry, we find an almost untrammelled ecstasy. The religious dances, known as Riza Kuli, may in some way account for Rúmi's occasional lack of care displayed in his poetry, and also for the outbursts not far removed from insanity. We are informed by Daulat Shah that, 'There was a pillar in the Maulavi's house, and when he was drowned in the ocean of Love he u